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Dynegy to pay $38M to settle charges it manipulated MISO’s capacity market
The case shows how easy it is for companies to manipulate regional transmission organization capacity auctions and underscores the need for stronger safeguards, said a consumer watchdog.
By Ethan Howland • July 31, 2025 -
PPL utilities reach agreement on adding 1.3 GW of gas-fired power, mainly for data centers
The agreement also pushes out the retirement date of a 297-MW coal-fired unit and withdraws an earlier proposal to build a four-hour, 400-MW battery electric storage system at another gas plant.
By Ethan Howland • July 31, 2025 -
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Data center flexibility can save money but may come with higher emissions: MIT
In Texas, where renewable energy is booming, data center emissions fell by up to 40% in the MIT modeling of flexible data center workloads. In other regions, however, emissions rose.
By Robert Walton • July 30, 2025 -
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EPA aims to revoke ‘endangerment finding’ underpinning power, auto sector climate regs
The effort to end greenhouse gas-related rules that address climate change will likely face "significant legal pushback,” according to research firm Capstone.
By Ethan Howland • July 30, 2025 -
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OpinionWant abundant energy? Ask who benefits from scarcity.
Achieving energy abundance requires reforming electricity markets, refreshing electric utility regulation and rethinking the way we pay for grid infrastructure.
By Arjun Krishnaswami • July 30, 2025 -
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Nuclear specialist Oklo inks data center partnerships
The fission power company has been courting data center companies. Two partnerships announced last week could sharpen its advantage.
By Brian Martucci • July 29, 2025 -
DOE allows Talen to run oil-fired unit above limits to avoid outages amid heat wave
The unit is one of several owned by Talen Energy that were slated to retire in May of this year, before the company reached a “reliability-must-run” agreement to delay their shuttering to 2029.
By Ethan Howland • July 29, 2025 -
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Trump’s AI action plan calls for dispatchable resources and grid upgrades
The plan is in line with previous actions by the Trump administration to delay the shuttering of coal plants, but it also acknowledges the need for enhanced efficiency and transmission.
By Meris Lutz • July 28, 2025 -
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OpinionReimagining the grid for the 21st century with virtual power plants
Why should we pay for new utility power plants when VPPs can meet our grid’s needs at far less cost?
By Richard Boehnke • July 28, 2025 -
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Sponsored by DeloitteAI for AI: Additive infrastructure for artificial intelligence
AI’s rise is reshaping US power and infrastructure at an unprecedented scale and speed.
By Tom Keefe, Vice Chair, US Power, Utilities & Renewables Leader; Keith Adams, US Renewable Energy Leader; Kate Hardin, Executive Director, and Carolyn Amon, Research Leader, Deloitte • July 28, 2025 -
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OpinionCoal- and gas-fired power plants have a new best friend: data centers
The data center boom is here to stay, but so is climate change. Load growth is not an excuse to reverse progress and renew dependence on fossil fuel energy.
By Abbe Ramanan • July 25, 2025 -
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NRC approvals move Palisades nuclear plant closer to restart
The Palisades plant is now authorized to receive new fuel and formally transition licensed reactor operators to on-shift status, Holtec International said in a statement.
By Robert Walton • July 25, 2025 -
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FERC orders changes to PJM’s grid interconnection process, plus 3 other open meeting takeaways
Required changes include cost allocation for network upgrades, consideration of grid-enhancing technologies and energy storage modeling.
By Ethan Howland • July 25, 2025 -
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US electricity demand to grow 2.5% annually through 2035: BofA Institute
Building electrification, data centers, industrial growth and electric vehicles are among the factors contributing to growth, according to the prediction.
By Robert Walton • July 24, 2025 -
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FERC approves $16.4B Constellation-Calpine deal
As part of the deal, Constellation Energy agreed to sell four power plants in the PJM Interconnection to reduce its ability to exert market power.
By Ethan Howland • July 24, 2025 -
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OpinionEnergy Department’s flawed grid study props up expensive, zombie power plants
The most effective way to maintain grid reliability is to let planners plan, markets work and utilities build the resources they’ve already identified as the most affordable path forward.
By Matthias Fripp and Brendan Pierpont • July 24, 2025 -
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FERC approves MISO, SPP fast-track interconnection reviews
Gas-fired power plants will likely make up most of the projects selected for the expedited reviews, according to ClearView Energy Partners.
By Ethan Howland • Updated July 24, 2025 -
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PJM capacity prices set another record with 22% jump
The Trump administration will likely seize on the auction results to justify keeping thermal power plants, namely coal, in PJM from retiring, according to analysts with Capstone.
By Ethan Howland • July 23, 2025 -
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Electric utilities will invest more than $1.1T by 2030 to meet demand growth: EEI
The electric utility sector’s capital expenditures “are higher than any other sector in the U.S. economy,” Edison Electric Institute President and CEO Drew Maloney said.
By Robert Walton • July 23, 2025 -
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OpinionPJM leadership openings are an opportunity to chart a new course
Rather than addressing the root causes of its problems, the organization blames states for supply and infrastructure shortages, often defending the very policies that are driving up customer costs.
By David Lapp • July 22, 2025 -
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Wood Mackenzie sees extended ‘sunset’ for costly coal power
Coal is more expensive than gas or renewables in the United States, but a slowdown in the buildout of those alternatives will likely extend its use, the firm’s report said.
By Brian Martucci • July 21, 2025 -
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OpinionWhy the nuclear energy renaissance is real — and necessary
The technologies, economics and motivations driving the modern nuclear revival differ fundamentally from what came before.
By Erik Funkhouser • July 21, 2025 -
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Governors seek more influence over PJM amid ‘crisis of confidence’
Nine governors representing the majority of electric customers in the grid operator’s footprint said they want a say in filling two vacant board seats.
By Ethan Howland • Updated July 18, 2025 -
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Trump unveils $92B in energy and AI investments for Pennsylvania
Google, Blackstone and FirstEnergy announced multibillion-dollar Pennsylvania projects at the summit, including new data centers and new gas plants to power them.
By Diana DiGangi • July 17, 2025 -
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Trump taps Project 2025 contributor to fill vacant FERC seat
David LaCerte works at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. He served during Trump’s first term and helped on Project 2025, the conservative road map to “deconstruct the Administrative State.”
By Ethan Howland • July 17, 2025
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